Phocylides was a Greek lyric poet who lived in the 6th century BC.
Phocylides was a Greek lyric poet who lived in the 6th century BC.
He was born on the island of Paros and was renowned for his elegies and epigrams.
Numerous fragments of poetry are attributed to him, but unfortunately, a large part of his work has been lost.
His verses dealt with themes such as love, war, and nature, and his poetic style influenced later generations of poets.
Focílides is remembered as an outstanding poet of ancient Greece, whose work endures through the fragments that have come down to us..